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The double-blossomed peach-trees with rosy bloom were gay+ x; J! ?! |) {' K- _4 U
When grandpa rode beneath them upon his courting way,' H: Q% |: m V9 K6 a' n2 Q' D
From the white gate to the homestead they stretched in stately row,
: a+ W$ T0 C- h+ U6 SAnd showered his path with petals, just sixty years ago.
3 O+ ?% Q2 p7 W2 [1 i3 \' cHis riding suit was spick and span, his jingling bridle rein,- s, w3 w: g" [
Was polished to the limit, his top-boots shone again;6 K0 J/ H3 l& M' p# w# _9 E2 S
A mass of youthful vanity, from curly head to toe,2 r4 Z. t! k6 b/ H. j0 w( X
Was my darling gay young grandpa – just sixty years ago.8 t* m3 @9 N1 K0 Z( K C; q! k5 m
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Upon the broad veranda, demure my grandma sat,; v/ O+ o1 R. N
And hid her girlish blushes beneath her garden hat,3 y6 Q; [+ |; y( a6 N
Her dainty flowing muslins enfolded her like snow;, ]; K" r" {) A& G4 t w `
Ah! Very sweet my grandma was, just sixty years ago.) K1 h. Y; O. N$ p9 R- F
With sweeping bow and fluttering heart he told his hopes and fears,
8 ]. G( c4 O A& r7 e4 ]And grandma gently said him ‘Yea’, mid blushes, smiles and tears.
' r2 c3 t% `$ dWhen the double-blossomed peach-trees with fruit were bending low,4 f% I& [$ V8 U$ i9 b
Good Father Flynn united them – just sixty years ago.3 W! l' v+ b/ _5 c5 B u: `
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There’s a sound of mirthful revel in the dear old home to-night,, D5 X" Y0 Q* U9 d* D3 d
Where the merry young folk frolic ‘neath the incandescent light,6 H& Q7 P- k8 d8 z6 O& z$ T
Jazzing on the broad veranda, listening to the radio,
! e9 c* `4 x% f f) HKnowing wonders quite undreamt of in the days of long ago.
, q, b; Z; O3 y4 K, Q! iOn the vine-enclosed veranda, sits my grandpa in his chair,. k0 [& [) Y6 Z% s! F5 u
And the flower-scented night winds stirs the white locks of his hair;1 w! | r# W! \; l6 z- P
Grandma sits and smiles beside him, happy in the young folks glee,
" r7 Y1 W$ f& o# e) zSuch a dainty dear old lady, ever young at heart is she.! i \0 W# D: i& b4 B
2 v7 H( I3 [7 l+ n5 BAnd the harvest of their labours in the moonlight stretches wide, F4 L, |" M* q0 M
All the land they’ve won and toiled for as they struggled side by side,
, u1 H5 ]* y3 Q- t% R- jIn their brave old eyes no shadow from the griefs of gone-by years,
/ N8 s0 ?" B/ \" I9 ~; E5 Q, x1 jFor their hearts beat high within them – dauntless breed of pioneers.. u+ A; o% }% [& O: n& {
Hand in hand they sit together, while the angels smile above,
* P0 L6 s% J' u" K1 }+ EOn their long unbroken record of faith, sacrifice and love;
% \2 a& X* g2 l9 o4 r7 wFrom the double-blossomed peach trees come the petals falling slow,7 ?. J* P9 Z& W1 H! O
Bringing sweet and fadeless memories of Sixty Years ago.
" l$ q8 [5 Z v' P4 \1 L5 t----------Alice Guerin Crist written in 1920 |
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